the obama team having to spend some time and energy looking back on what even the president's top advisors admit was a lackluster performance, and the questions from reporters still coming. >> the president's never satisfied with his performance. he always challenges himself. i know that he's reviewed the tape and you know, make whatever adjustments he sees as necessary. >> and chief white house correspondent ed henry is live for us. and sounds like the candidates acknowledging that the president didn't get the job done in the last debate and heard axelrod about looking ahead. what exactly is the strategy for looking ahead. >> one of the strategies privately the president getting more aggressive on pushing back against governor romney when he leveled charges about the president's record the last four years, and the challenge for the obama camp is the second debate is not going to be the same format. it's a week from tuesday and at hobson university in new york, a town hall forethe mat and real voters asking questions in addition to the moderators and if you get too tough you might look too